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MICH. CENT. R.R. v. VREELAND

No. 242.

227 U.S. 59 (1913)

33 S.Ct. 192

57 L.Ed. 417

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. VREELAND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 20, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Emery D. Potter, with whom Mr. Frank E. Robson, Mr. Henry Russel and Mr. Charles P. Carroll were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John B. Daish, with whom Mr. Joseph D. Sullivan was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE LURTON delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action under the Employers' Liability Act of April 22, 1908, to recover damages for the wrongful death of the intestate, an employe in the service of the railroad company. The constitutionality of the act was drawn in question by the plaintiff in error in the court below and this afforded ground for bringing the case directly to this court. Since the allowance...

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